Looking for a Ghost-Hunting Romance, Preferably With Plenty of Horror and Plot 想找一个捉鬼的言情小说最好恐怖一点剧情多点

1. 1 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 125.4kReads9.6Score17kShelves

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   These three books are worth reading three times.

2. 2 解 The Spirit Medium Who Eases Worries 解忧通灵师 Gu Xiaoshi顾小施Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics · reborn · sweet romance · mutual salvation] When people die, they leave behind thoughts and resentment. If fate grants them the chance, they can become ghosts and monsters. Ghosts and monsters cannot enter the underworld or be reincarnated. Gu Yousheng inherited a bloodline legacy and was born a spirit medium. Before she turned six, she cried and tried every way she could to get rid of her gift. After she turned six, she worked diligently to resolve grievances and troubles, becomin 25.1kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves
3. 3 龙 The Dragon King's Bride 龙王聘 Wangquan Yuechu王权月初Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted That year, I came down with a strange illness that nothing could cure. Then, on the night the blood moon hung high in the sky, my family decorated the house with lanterns and streamers. From that day on, I had a husband no one could see. Around that time, my mother warned me gravely that I must remain faithful to my husband and keep my distance from other men, or disaster would befall me! When I was nineteen, I broke the taboo, and he... appeared. 39.6kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves
4. 4 甜 Sweet Romance: I Became a Hit for Telling Fortunes on a Dating Show 甜宠：我在恋综算命居然爆火了 Mo Youqian莫柚芊Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [One-on-one sweet romance + entertainment industry + top-tier star + goofy comedy + everyone’s favorite + offering talents to the country] Su Ye is the 250th head of the Shenji Sect, skilled in fortune-telling. By accident, she transmigrates into the body of a female celebrity with a reputation as a scheming, two-faced green tea who’s hated by the entire internet. What? The dating show pays only 2,000 yuan per episode? I’m in! On the dating show, all the guests have to perform an openi 6.5kReads9.4Score975Shelves

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   Su Su, possessing superb esoteric skills such as divination, face reading, and talisman making from the Divine Mechanism Sect, is reborn into the body of a minor celebrity in the entertainment industry, known for her controversial fame. She gradually rises to prominence through divination on variety shows, livestreaming divination sessions in her spare time and gaining a large following of devoted fans. Later, she is recruited by the government and becomes an indispensable member, helping the country successfully solve numerous difficult problems. The male and female leads are truly adorable. The female lead has an incredible appetite, so the male lead specially learned culinary arts to cook for her, showing his doting affection. Actually, the male lead is the reincarnation of her past life's mischievous puppy; both lives are dedicated to each other. Sweet and heartwarming… Highly recommended!

5. 5 你 There’s Something Strange in Your Heart 你的心里有鬼 Xu Bai叙白Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [A print edition under the same title is available from Dimension Core] [Chinese-style horror + folk legends and strange tales + over 70 standalone cases + suspense + romance between two powerful leads + hugely popular series!] “Yin-Yang Studio bridges the worlds of yin and yang. The living come to ask the dead about their affairs, and the dead speak to the living about theirs.” Ye Miao was an orphan born with a special constitution and a pair of “yin-yang eyes.” She grew up with her grandfather 579Reads8.3Score109Shelves

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   My goodness! This topic practically screams "book title!" I'm going crazy for Xu Bai, the undisputed queen of ghost-hunting! Hahaha!! 👍🏻 The female lead has a special constitution. In her first book, *Your Heart Has a Ghost*, she's a ghost-seeing heroine with the ability to see ghosts, and a ghost king hero—they catch ghosts and fall in love at the same time! 💗💞 In her second book, *I Scared a Ghost to Death Again*, the female lead comes from a family of ghost hunters. They're all episodic stories, so addictive!

6. 6 我 I Scared a Ghost to Death Again 我又把鬼吓死了 Read a Little, Xu Bai读点叙白Mystery222k WordsCompleted [No romance + Chinese-style horror + folk beliefs and the occult + first-person narration + ghost-catching prodigy] My great-grandfather, Zhang Tiansheng, was a taboo subject in the Zhang family. He had once been a highly respected exorcist throughout the surrounding villages, able to speak with ghosts and spirits and dispel evil influences. Then, for reasons no one knew, he suddenly went mad. Before he died, he even tried to kill his entire family. After my great-grandfather died, his body was 568Reads9.1Score—Shelves
7. 7 让 You Were Supposed to Catch Ghosts, Not Cling to the King of Hell 让你捉鬼不是让你抱阎王大腿 Longing at the Hour of the Goat未时长恨Modern Romance396k WordsCompleted [This story has multiple male leads. The heroine is set up as lustful, and before she settles into a relationship, she will have romantic storylines with various male characters. Please steer clear if that's not for you.] Gu Xiaoling was a timid newcomer to the ranks of ghosts. While alive, she was heading back to her dorm late one night when a dog suddenly leaped out, barking furiously, and scared her into cardiac arrest. She became the first ghost in Hell to have been scared to death by a dog. 240Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   The female lead dies and becomes the first cowardly ghost in the underworld. She works hard to catch ghosts and earn rewards in order to be reincarnated. Each ghost has its own story, and she's incredibly skilled at flirting! She flirts and runs away without even realizing it! The male lead is a pure-hearted, arrogant King of Hell! She's a self-destructive type! The female lead has several romantic relationships before she and the male lead are officially together, but both are virgins! The romance is very engaging.

8. 8 本 I Planned to Coast Through Life, but Now I'm Fighting for My Life 本想摆烂过一生，生命垂危嘎嘎冲 The Xia Family's Heiress夏家千金Modern Romance819k WordsOngoing [Mysticism] [System] [Ghost Hunting] [Supernatural Mystery Cases] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [Overpowered] The little ancestor of the divine realm, who must live ten lifetimes among mortals before her soul can return, runs into trouble again in her tenth life. Forced to be reborn, she’s all defiance and decides to live differently. She plans to be a rich young lady who does nothing but eat and wait to die, only for the System to tell her that her lifespan is short. To stay alive, she s 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Metaphysics + ghost hunting + crime solving; the female lead is a real heiress, a real big shot, very capable, a bit straightforward, and has a sharp tongue. She doesn't lack money, but she lacks life. She catches ghosts and does good deeds just to earn more lives.

9. 9 嫁 The Fox Bride 嫁狐新娘 Yin Linglong银玲珑Mystery157k WordsCompleted My stepfather sold me into the mountains to be the wife of a fool. My in-laws forced me to share a room with him, but a wickedly handsome spirit fox immortal swooped in and stole me away. Not only does he want to marry me, he wants me to bear his fox cubs. What am I supposed to do? 18Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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   You should definitely check it out, it's really good. It's all very traditional supernatural stuff, I highly recommend the first one.

10. 10 狐 The Fox Bride 狐嫁 Yin Linglong银玲珑Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Ye Zier is a half-yin person, born with a tendency to attract evil spirits. After finally getting married to her boyfriend, she’s kidnapped along the way by a fox spirit who insists on having little foxes with her. What is she supposed to do? 370Reads9.1Score100Shelves
11. 11 蛇 Married to a Snake 蛇嫁 Yin Linglong银玲珑Mystery137k WordsCompleted My mother died in difficult labor while giving birth to me. As they were lowering her coffin into the grave, a white snake coiled around it. The pallbearers fled in terror, and when the coffin hit the ground, I crawled out of my mother’s corpse. Ever since, the great white snake has pursued me relentlessly, insisting I bear him a whole brood of little white snakes. What am I supposed to do? 94Reads8.4Score—Shelves
12. 12 龙 The Dragon King’s Debt: A Ghost Marriage 龙王债，娶阴亲 Yin Linglong银玲珑Mystery228k WordsCompleted During the Qingming Festival, I paid respects at the wrong grave. A high fever left me blind. My grandmother had always favored boys. To make my mother give birth to a son, she threw me into the back hills to be devoured by wild beasts. By sheer luck, I saved a white dragon from the mountains and survived. Grateful for saving his life, the white dragon gave me one of his eyes. He told me he would return to take it back once I came of age. But before I even reached adulthood, my life changed d 56Reads6.9Score—Shelves
13. 13 蛇 A Snake's Many Pregnancies 蛇孕连连 Yin Linglong银玲珑Mystery500k WordsCompleted My ancestors killed countless snakes, and generations of my family have had snake blood on their hands. A passing Taoist priest said we would have to pay for those blood debts. A fire burned my father to death. As I was collecting his remains, a snake on his body bit me. The village chief said it was a subterranean dragon snake from Hell, come to claim my life, and that I had less than three months to live. I refused to believe it, until one day a handsome young man came and insisted on marrying 80Reads8.7Score—Shelves
14. 14 龙 The Dragon King Sends a Betrothal Gift, and Nine Foxes Escort the Bride 龙王下聘，九狐送嫁 A Wild Chrysanthemum一朵野菊花Mystery381k WordsCompleted My name is Wen Shiqi. I'm an orphan, but on my wedding day, nine foxes escort the bridal sedan, a hundred pythons march in formation, and ten thousand birds welcome me home. When I was ten, I fell into the Changning River and accidentally broke his seal, becoming the bride promised to him. From then on, the pupil of my right eye was shattered, and I could see every demon and evil spirit in this world. Ten years later, he came to find me. He said he would save me and lead me onto the right path. 2.3kReads8.6Score384Shelves

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    You could check out these two books; they're both about ghost hunting and romance, with fairly clear love lines.

15. 15 冥 Hades Husband, Don't Cause Trouble 冥王老公，别乱来 A Wild Chrysanthemum一朵野菊花Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Li Xiaojiu. When I was twenty, a man in my dreams told me to repay a debt. After that, he haunted me every night, and I couldn’t escape him. With my eyes veiled by a web of blood, I somehow released the greatest evil in the world. From then on, yin and yang fell into chaos, and disaster loomed. The man in my dreams said, “My name is Feng Siming. If you want to live, obediently give me your body.” I asked, “In the end, will you devour me?” Feng Siming: “Yes, from head to toe...” Me: “. 821Reads9.1Score124Shelves
16. 16 玄 The Mystical Art of Spirit Communication 玄之通灵 Xiao Yifan小忆凡Mystery268k WordsCompleted This is a novel made up of short stories about supernatural events. Some are true, some are false, and some are exaggerated, with humor, comedy, horror, and all manner of paranormal happenings... 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Funny, humorous, scary, and supernatural stories, including ghost-hunting adventures.

17. 17 诡 Auspicious Signs in the Strange Wood 诡木呈祥 Su Zhaodan苏昭丹Modern Romance444k WordsCompleted I was born with a fleshy growth on my hand that looked like a sixth finger. A woman with six fingers is born disfigured, destined for a life of misfortune. To survive, I learned the trade from childhood at a coffin shop. Paper figures come to life, a town from hell, pheasants turning into phoenixes... All kinds of eerie events began happening after I took over the coffin shop. At first, I thought they were just coincidences, until I met that person. I thought he was the light in my life, but lat 7Reads6.5Score—Shelves
18. 18 阴 The Yin-Yang Shop's Grim Reaper 阴阳店之鬼差 Young Master Rui蕊公子Mystery568k WordsCompleted "There is a shop tucked away on a street corner. It has no name, and every nightfall, all sorts of people can be seen coming and going. A tycoon worth hundreds of millions, a madman begging on the street, a gambler with one arm... Here, you can see human nature stripped bare. A wife pawned for money, a zombie who went into hiding in the mountains for love, a ghost imprisoned by the living... The human heart is endlessly varied, and the world is full of every kind of life. Nothing is impossible. 471Reads9.2Score105Shelves
19. 19 我 I’m No Good Citizen 我不是良民 Fifteen-Stroke Artist十五画生Mystery311k WordsCompleted [Good Citizen: Usually refers to an honest, law-abiding, kind, ordinary, average, lovable commoner, regular person, little nobody, and so on.] My name is Liang Min. I’m a woman, I like men, and my profession is good citizen. Wei Qianqian: A woman? Isn’t Liang Min’s gender just Liang Min? Bai Xiuji: You like men? Is that why you pounced on that male zongzi? Guan Jiu: Good citizen? Girl, have you forgotten those wonderful times when we dug tunnels, blew up mountains, fought zongzi, and covered it 539Reads8.9Score114Shelves
20. 20 井 Buried in the Well 井葬 Pearl Milk Tea, Hold the Tea珍珠奶茶不要茶Mystery136k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + strong female lead + exorcism prodigy] A well serves as a coffin, burying an unknown body. My job is to carry corpses out of wells and keep the wells from coming "alive." *The male lead is just a background character 100Reads8.4Score—Shelves
21. 21 空 The Empty Grave 空坟 Red Phantom红幽灵Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Don't mess with the mirror in the house! After my favorite mirror disappeared, I began to fear the light. The doctor said I was allergic to sunlight, and I thought I was just sick. Until one day... I saw... my own grave! 1.1kReads9.0Score107Shelves
22. 22 亲 Dear Mr. Corpse 亲爱的尸先生 Madam Meatball肉丸夫人Mystery733k WordsCompleted This is a haunted house. Everyone who has lived here has met with misfortune. The first family’s daughter went mad that very night. The second family’s daughter was violated on the day they moved in. The third family’s daughter spent just one night here, then became pregnant with a ghost’s child… I’m dead, yet I make a living catching ghosts. I came here today to hunt one, but when I opened the door, I saw this man living alongside a corpse… 56Reads8.2Score—Shelves
23. 23 您 Your Husband, the King of the Underworld, Is Online 您的老公冥王已上线 Red Phantom红幽灵Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted A User Manual for the King of the Underworld: 1. Feed him. Even if you have to go hungry, never let him go hungry. 2. Flatter him, and stroke him the right way. 3. Soothe him. No matter who's at fault, it's always yours. 4. Let him pinch, knead, and hug you as much as he likes. Don't resist! 5. When he asks if you love him, don't hesitate, don't waver, and don't tell him quietly. Say, “I love you!” In short: After spending three years as a wandering soul, I met a fake reaper. He was imposing, do 166Reads9.1Score—Shelves
24. 24 我 My Husband Comes from the Underworld 我的夫君他来自地府 Erbai Is the Whitest二白最白Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted I've been unlucky since I was little. I'm said to bring misfortune to my husband and children, and my father even used me to pay off a debt of yin energy he owed. When I came of age, he showed up to make me honor the contract we made back then. After that, my mother was near death, my father disappeared, and one friend after another ran into trouble... 48Reads8.8Score—Shelves
25. 25 我 My Fiancé, Lord White Fox 我的未婚夫白狐大人 Yi Zhihu佚之狐Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted I went back to my hometown for the Mid-Autumn Festival and felt that my family was acting strangely. In the middle of the night, I caught them secretly burning a paper sedan chair, saying they were going to marry me off. Curious, I followed them. I never expected to end up trapped and get married in a daze. Huh? Handsome husband in white, what’s that behind you? Could it be a white fox’s tail? 315Reads7.3Score—Shelves
26. 26 阴 The Yin-Yang Cheat 阴阳挂 Young Master Rui蕊公子Mystery600k WordsCompleted “Have you ever had your fortune told? The kind where you die after the reading. “I tell fortunes for a living. I don’t get many customers, but they’re all normal people. “Then that man showed up. After that, my customers were either about to die or already dead. “A dismembered female ghost chased me for a thread. A toothless male ghost chased me to buy teeth. A billionaire insisted on keeping a ghost, and an ugly woman wanted to change her fate. “An urn that suddenly appeared on my bed, a vase t 130Reads9.1Score102Shelves
27. 27 分 After the Breakup, I Was Charmed by a Yin-Yang Master 分手后，我被阴阳先生撩了 February Twenty-Seventh二月廿七Modern Romance190k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Humor + Thrills + Wish Fulfillment + Romance] [Supernatural heroine with a natural spiritual constitution × scheming hero skilled in metaphysics] A devoted, high-IQ couple After being cheated on, Mo Li plans to travel abroad to clear her head, but meets a man who claims to be a practitioner of yin-yang arts. Not only does she open the door to a supernatural world, she also discovers that she won’t live past the age of twenty-four. With her career, love life, and even her lifespan 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I love both of these books!

28. 28 我 I Am a Feng Shui Diviner 我是风水女相师 The Cabbage Bun Isn't Cabbage菜包子不菜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Hilarious supernatural comedy + feel-good power fantasy + no romance + adored by all] My name is Zhao Xin. I was born in 2000, the Year of the Dragon. I've dealt with ghosts since I was little, and strange things are always around me. People think I'm a weirdo. They say I'm a crackpot, call me a fraud, and insist that sooner or later the ghosts will drag me away. But I refuse to believe in bad omens. To stay alive, I wandered from place to place with my family, visited sects and sought out m 5.8kReads8.9Score737Shelves
29. 29 道 After Transmigrating, the Taoist Little Ancestor Only Wants to Find Romance 道家小祖宗穿越后，只想掐桃花 Ai Beibei愛贝贝Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [Ancient Times to Modern Day] [Light Supernatural Fiction in an Alternate Setting] [Mysticism and Ghost Hunting] [Strong Female Lead, Satisfying Revenge] [One-on-One Romance, Both Pure] [Sweet Romance] Rong Jiu's master coaxed her down the mountain, telling her she was destined to face a peach blossom calamity. To avert it, Rong Jiu had to take the person connected to that fated romance as her disciple. After dozing off, she transmigrated to the modern era, and her destined love promptly crashed 1.1kReads9.2Score153Shelves

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    All three are good, rated 9 points or higher. There was also a book called "Uncle, You're Missing Me in Your Destiny," but it seems to be out of print and I can't find it anymore. That book was also excellent; the female lead is a master of metaphysics, a character who grows and develops, and the plot is very good.

30. 30 邪 The Diviner with the Evil Bone 邪骨相师 Ji Sijiu姬四九Mystery676k WordsCompleted My name is Xiang Yin. According to my adoptive father, he took me in from a snake immortal. My adoptive father runs a funeral shop in a northern town. He foresaw that I was born with a gift for serving the immortals and would one day become the finest spirit medium. Everyone else says I'm a corpse-born child, steeped in darkness. Only my adoptive father treasures me, teaching me spells and skills. When I was seven, something strange happened. I sold a woman a pair of burial shoes in the midd 6.1kReads9.3Score676Shelves
31. 31 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: From the Start, I Sponsored Grandpa's Underworld Startup 直播算命：开局赞助爷爷地府创业 Osmanthus of August, Gui'an八月桂安Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Showbiz] A metaphysical master fails her tribulation and wakes up in the body of a universally hated, C-list villainess. To pay off her breach-of-contract fees, Ji He starts livestreaming fortune-telling. A viewer with dark circles under his eyes calls in: “Streamer, why do I dream every night that my grandpa is telling me to burn joss paper?” Ji He: “Your grandpa's starting a business down below. He's short on cash.” Viewer: “...” On 44.2kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves
32. 32 在 I Am a Female Sorcerer 在下女术师 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted The night Bai Zhou returned home to inherit the funeral-clothing shop, someone tried to murder her... From the moment she came back from the dead, she was swept up in one eerie, chilling case after another. A dead old woman wandering through a funeral hall; vengeful spirits who died violent deaths scrambling to find substitutes; a sinister temple in the mountains where people are killed; evil spirits crying out for justice during a performance of Judge Bao... Watch Bai Zhou learn the Taoist Five 17.9kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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    They're both by the same author, that's pretty good.

33. 33 恐 The Horror Livestreamer 恐怖女主播 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted My name is Yuan Junyao, a name that doesn't suit me at all. I've had a chronic illness since birth, and I'm so hideously deformed that tumors started growing on my face when I was little. My father left me when I was just three months old. At fifteen, I was blamed for my mother's death. Only my grandmother raised me and my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me. But after an accident, I was offered up to a man who should never have crossed my path. To get revenge and see justice done, I 18.3kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
34. 34 恐 The Terrifying Online Celebrity 恐怖女网红 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Ning Ruoyu is bullied and framed by the people closest to her. To stay alive, she has no choice but to catch ghosts for money. She never expected to become an online sensation with tens of millions of followers... During the new-book period, there will be one update a day until the story reaches 30,000 words, posted at noon. After that, there will be two updates 3.2kReads9.1Score360Shelves
35. 35 快 Quick Transmigration: Find Criminals to Farm Anguish Points 快穿：找到罪犯刷虐点系统 Qin Yu琴予Modern Romance438k WordsCompleted [Mystery + obsession + yandere + scheming + conquest] Lu Lu witnesses a murder, only to get stabbed to death by the killer in passing. Then she gets a System! But its mission is to send her to different worlds to find criminals, and then torment them! Having just been stabbed to death, Lu Lu scoffs, “Am I supposed to torment him, or is he going to torment me!?” But after Lu Lu struggles through her missions, she realizes that nothing is as simple as she thought. The obsessive, unhinged man, the 171Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    I'm not sure if this is suitable for you. 😆😆

36. 36 雇 Hiring a Handsome Guy to Guard the House 雇个帅哥来镇宅 Zahari扎哈里Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Horror, one heroine] What do you do when you’re nearly broke? With no other options, Shang Yi reluctantly took a night-shift job, and it completely upended his worldview! The elevator, hallways, underground parking garage, bathrooms… Those places were already enough to give him a headache. But what troubled him even more was the attention he got from beautiful women… Strange incidents kept happening in the residential complex, yet the residents went on living there as if nothing were wrong. The 54Reads—Score—Shelves

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37. 37 关 The Years I Spent Finding Hidden Treasures 关于我捡漏的那些年 A Starving Salted Fish饿晕的咸鱼Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted They say that after the founding of the country, no one is allowed to become a spirit. So all us little cuties had to hide away in remote corners where no one would find us. Then, out of nowhere, wilderness exploration suddenly became all the rage. With more and more of those people showing up, my carefree, hermit-like days were well and truly over… —Reads—Score—Shelves

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